Family of man killed in Island logging truck crash seeks answers
CTV
The family of a 43-year-old man who died in a tragic crash involving a logging truck near Cumberland on May 24 is still struggling to find answers surrounding the man's death.
Summer Muzyka is the younger sister of Andrew Linklater, who was killed when a load of logs spilled off a truck rounding the corner where the Comox Valley Parkway connects to the Inland Island Highway on-ramp.
“I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life," says Muzyka. "We feel lost and confused and devastated at the same time, so losing a person and not having any answers makes it even harder.”
Muzyka believes her brother had stopped on the on-ramp so his dog could go to the washroom. As he was heading back to the driver’s side of his pickup, the logs came towards him. A second person in the pickup not related to Linklater survived the crash.
“My sister-in-law and my mother have been reaching out to RCMP and just anyone that can give them information, leaving messages with ICBC and they don’t get anything back,” she says.
The truck was owned by Klaus Posselt Logging, of Burns Lake, B.C., and was operating under a contract to Mosaic Forest Management.
The company supplied a statement to CTV News about the crash.
“Mosaic Forest Management is deeply saddened by this incident," the statement reads. "We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends affected by this tragic event. This incident involved one of our contractors’ trucks on May 24. Mosaic is co-operating with the investigation currently underway.”
Muzyka describes her brother as a very generous individual who was well-known up and down Vancouver Island, largely as the operator of a roofing company.
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